Vice President Portfolio Management (Commercial Upper Middle

The VP, Portfolio Management is an individual contributor responsible for performing financial analysis and preparing underwriting documents to support multimillion-dollar corporate credit requests that grow funded assets and Key's client base, while maintaining asset quality within a moderate risk profile.

Responsibilities

• Gather and analyze all relevant financial data for, often high value, clients or prospects, including spreading financial statements and/or collaborating with third party vendor to ensure accuracy of financial spreads statements, analyzing historical performance, accurately calculating credit metrics, identifying risks and mitigants, and assessing creditworthiness, etc. while effectively utilizing and providing feedback to, third party resources.
• Model future financial performance of clients and prospects, including downside scenarios.
• Demonstrate leadership in structuring transactions, in collaboration with Business Partners/Bankers/and Relationship Managers.
• Viewed as a value-add financial advisor by the client/borrower, critical and knowledgeable contributor to the deal team and respected by Credit for a solid reputation managing risk.
• Prepare a thorough credit underwriting document identifying credit risks and mitigants, industry concerns, market share trends, financial trends, and other pertinent credit issues.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant regulations including Know Your Customer (KYC), running MCA/Patriot Act/OFAC checks as well as certifying Beneficial Ownership.
• Manage the approval process for, occasionally complex, lending commitments, amendments, waivers, and consents, including providing monitoring, reporting and/or making recommendations to Credit Executives as appropriate.
• Review and properly maintain all necessary legal documentation including credit agreements, guarantees, security pledges, and collateral documentation to ensure that the documentation correctly reflects approval. Monitor accounts/ongoing financial performance of portfolio to track covenant compliance, determine liquidity, earnings trends, management capability and other essential information to secure the bank's position to minimize potential losses. Ensure data integrity in Key's systems and reporting and that all assets remain appropriately risk rated at all times, with timely changes. Identify potential problem accounts and work with our Asset Recovery Group, as appropriate, to improve the bank's position in undesirable situations. Establish and maintain direct client relationships. Attend management presentations, bank meetings and conduct plant/site visits as appropriate to monitor business conditions and/or identify new underwriting, and/or additional bank product opportunities. Contribute to, or prepare white papers on assigned industry segments, as requested. Provide guidance and feedback to Analysts and Associates as appropriate. Gather and prepare data in response to ad hoc data requests

Skills & Qualifications

• >Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience in finance, accounting, economics and/or business (required) >Master's Degree MBA (preferred)
• Minimum of 5 years of commercial underwriting, credit, banking and/or financial services experience (required). Commercial and Industrial (C&I) underwriting strongly preferred.
• >Competent with Microsoft Office and the ability to learn and effectively utilize other technology applications (required)
• >Demonstrated competence in financial analysis and modeling (required)
• >Well established ability to gather relevant research, analyze data, and concisely synthesize large amounts of information in order to accurately assess corporate creditworthiness and create a detailed and thorough underwriting package (required)
• >Experience structuring meaningful and appropriate financial covenants for syndicated debt facilities (required)
• >Developing experience managing the left lead /administrative agent role in syndicated deals (required)
• >Ability to lead discussions with clients during negotiations and act as primary lending representative on deal execution, leveraging senior leaders as appropriate (required)

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years of commercial underwriting, credit, banking and/or financial services experience (required). Commercial and Industrial (C&I) underwriting strongly preferred.
• Developing experience managing the left lead /administrative agent role in syndicated deals (required)

Education

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience in finance, accounting, economics and/or business (required) >Master's Degree MBA (preferred)

Why Join Us

• KeyBank is an organization collectively committed to helping you unlock your potential and discover what truly drives you. Working here means sharing our purpose to help our clients, colleagues, and communities thrive. You'll find genuinely supportive teammates, a flexible, inclusive work environment, challenging projects, accessible leaders, and opportunities to grow in your position and your career.

Benefits

• This position is eligible to earn a base salary in the range of $96000.00 $181000.00 annually. Placement within the pay range may differ based upon various factors including but not limited to skills experience and geographic location. Compensation for this role also includes eligibility for incentive compensation which may include production commission and/or discretionary incentives.